Thankyou to all of you who made the vinyl release a success. 5 days after we received the finished copies from the pressing plant, we sold the entire pressing. We shall look into a repress shortly, until then please contact the dealers listed on our facebook page to obtain a copy if they still have any left.
Pre-orders are now beginning on the cassette version of "DEATH'S CROWN IS VICTORY" via INTO THE VOID Records. The actual Release date will be announced in the next few days, and the pressing is limited to 300 copies so move fast if you want a copy. Vinyl pre-orders will begin about 7days after we have approved the test pressings, which we are expecting to receive this week. The "winning bid" on the compact disc licensing deal will be announced very soon too, but we are still discussing the various offers that have been propsed. We were in the unique position of being offered deals from 5 reputable labels, and 1 label ran by clearly someone who has suffered severe trauma to their brain, and to top it off nicely, we were also offered a publishing and promotional deal from another reputable company in Germany. Clearly, there is life in the old dog yet!!
Tape sleeve Outer
Tape Sleeve inner
But back to the tape. You can make a pre-order on the cassette by visiting the INTO THE VOID RECORDS webstore at the following address :
Also on the horizon, we will be announcing more gigs, more unruliness and more general upsetting of the weak willed and slack jawed who think by posting away as fast as they can on facebook about their opinions (i.e. some imaginary gripe because they tried to rip us off or they were told to fuck off) someone actually gives a fuck about their point of view and we will go away. It's time to bring the Hammer Of Damnation down on their skulls and shut these yapping fishwives up.
We would like to thank sincerely everyone who bought a download officially from the bandcamp site, the response has been nothing short of phenomenal. Far exceeding our initial expectations, we have noticed also since the opening deluge of the first week, a steady stream of purchases that are occurring on a daily basis. We will be honest, we cannot understand why bands are charging £7 GBP and more for a digital recording, the most we will be charging is £4, anything else is utterly shameful and a rip off. Clearly, some bands are purely in it for the money and their brief 30 seconds of fame...
Finally, watch out for upcoming features and interviews with ourselves in such publications as ZERO TOLERANCE (UK), METAL HAMMER (Greece) and SWEDEN ROCK (Sweden, naturally).
The Vinyl and Cassette versions of the "Death's Crown Is Victory" mini LP are now both in production, and in a short while we shall be posting ordering details, in the meantime we are pleased to announce our first show of 2014, which will take place in the company of such luminaries as DARK QUARTERER and BLACK OATH in Italy, on January 18th.
So here it is, the new mini-LP from our good selves, 27
minutes of skull crushing epic heavy metal. Composed and performed by Paul Kearns, Rich Walker, Andy
Whittaker, Ian “Izak” Buxton and James Ashbey. But none of it would have been
possible if it wasn’t for these three fine men and their hard work in support
of ourselves -
Kerry Hughes at GN Studios, Huddersfield, England
(Recording & Engineering)
Richard Whittaker at FX Mastering, London, England
(Mixing & Mastering)
Chris Smith, of Grey Aria Design Studio, USA (Sleeve
artwork)
You can listen to the title track on Gluetube, and once
again we would encourage everyone to spread this video and a link to this page
around facebook or whatever (Anti)social media they choose to do so –
And for those of you wanting to have something for your
ipods in advance of the physical release date, the digital version is now
available to download for a modest fee on our bandcamp page. We’ll be
announcing details of the Vinyl and Cassette in the next week or so as the
final touches are made to the sleeve designs for both. As well as listing distributors around the globe where you will be able to purchase this release from
Well, it's been seven days since we published online a first taste of our new recording, and in all honesty we were very pleased with the positive response we received. Time continues to move forward, as do we, and no matter the obstacles placed in front of us, we as a band always find a way to overcome them. From crooked contracts, to the censorship placed upon us by certain magazines, from feeble 1 US dollar royalty offers, to illegal downloads.
The actual digital release date is only a matter of days away, and upon receipt of the artwork we shall send the finished master to the factory to be pressed onto vinyl via our own WHITE HORSE label. We hope around the end of October, which would mean mid to late November when we can offer copies for sale in Europe, and publish a small list of mail orders around the globe we have chosen to distribute copies. Most certainly, it will be available via BLACK TEARS and INTO THE VOID in Europe, or directly from us.
At this point, having decided to push ahead, our future plans are simple, to play some more live dates which we have been promising, but had no time to do so due to other commitments, and to begin work on our next release, "TO SOL A THANE". This will take the form of a five song Mini LP, released upon the same formats, and unless something changes drastically, via the same channels.
"TO SOL A THANE", "WHITE HORSE HILL", "BEHOLD, A MAN OF STRAW" will be included as well as two yet unnamed compositions. We aim to adhere to the same strict song writing standards, and we should imagine a running time of 35 to 40 minutes. When we enter the studio is down to purely when we have spent some time jamming on the songs and their arrangements. The Mini-LP format in truth suits our position best, we live in different parts of England/Europe and do not have any label pushing us to record 60 minutes worth of new songs to appeal to a specific demographic. Quality, not quantity is the only thing that matters at the end of the day to us, not 60 minutes of musical dross as some bands are keen to release and have their label tout it using the sales pitch of "as good as Candlemass".
Another short news update will be made in a week or thereabouts when we shall alert those interested in the availability of "DEATH'S CROWN IS VICTORY" to purchase via download, or simply to listen to via the internets. Again, we offer our thanks to all those who support us. Never Surrender, no remorse.
It's the morning of the autumn equinox, although it's early we thought we may get the ball rolling, and here is the first taste of what we have being involved in creating the past few months. Recorded at GN Studios in Huddersfield, we are much in debt to our recording engineer and also our mix and mastering engineer for their patience and advice and most importantly, their hard work in bringing out the best in us.
The past.
The past is dead, we have no interest in those who fell by the wayside, weighed down by their vanity and avarice, they are formless shades, no more of a concern to us with their vapid waxings lyrical of self importance, than any other minor irritation. Let them , and their sycophants begone, cast back into the pit of mediocrity they so richly deserve
The present
The present is here, is now,it is the five of us, making music we enjoy and to the best of our abilities for our own enjoyment
The future.
The future is what we choose to make of it, we choose therefore the following. In a matter of weeks we will make the whole of this recording available to download for a small fee upon our bandcamp site, and begin to put into production the vinyl version.
Four songs, 27 minutes, of epic heavy metal.
As a bonus, we will also release upon Irelands "INTO THE VOID RECORDS" a cassette version for those of you who enjoy this format, and to further cement our longstanding relationship with our Irish comrades.
A compact disc version will be available, but only from our future gigs, we will be offering vinyl via mail order though.
We encourage you all to share this video on your own pages, help us spread the word. And over the next few days, we'll make a few more bits of interesting news available. Until then, enjoy the first glimpse of the new record, and never surrender!
